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02615aam a2200361 i 4500 001 D0722C14AA0511EE99E4BB4527ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240103010037 008 230712t20232022nyu e b 000 f eng 020 $a 0593315081 020 $a 9780593315088 035 $a (OCoLC)1390128136 040 $a GO3 $b eng $e rda $c GO3 $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a e-it--- 100 1 $a O'Farrell, Maggie, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The marriage portrait / $c Maggie O'Farrell. 250 $a First Vintage Books edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, $c 2023. 300 $a 339 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 338-339) 520 $a Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and to devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight -- the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father just as quick to accept on her behalf. Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble? As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess' future hangs entirely in the balance. 600 10 $a Medici, Lucrezia de', $d 1545-1561 $v Fiction. 600 00 $a Alfonso $b II d'Este, $c Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, $d 1533-1597 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Arranged marriage $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sixteenth century $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Florence (Italy) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Book club set. $2 local 941 $a 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240103010533.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0722C14AA0511EE99E4BB4527ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search